Manufacturing & Industrial Materials

A roster of manufacturing and materials specialists at the forefront of innovation in the production and utilization of industrial materials

Andrés Arias Falcón

Andrés Arias Falcón

Arquitecto Funcional en MS Dynamics NAV y BUSINESS CENTRAL, Consultor de Proyectos con experiencia liderando equipos y proyectos en todas las fases de implementación, certificado como Scrum Master y Cloud Computing, experiencia en finanzas empresariales.

Arquitecto Funcional en MS Dynamics NAV y BUSINESS CENTRAL, Consultor de Proyectos con experiencia liderando equipos y proyectos en todas las fases de implementación, certificado como Scrum Master y Cloud Computing, experiencia en finanzas empresaria... Show more

Madushka Dias

Madushka Dias

Madushka Dias is a Technical Architect at Long View Systems, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and an ex-Microsoft professional with over 16 years of experience. Designing solutions across the broader Microsoft 365 ecosystem, he specializes in enterprise voice, PSTN connectivity, and cloud communications. He guides organizations through complex voice migrations, Session Border Controller (SBC) architecture across platforms like Ribbon and AudioCodes, and Microsoft Teams Phone deployments, aligning legacy telephony requirements with modern cloud strategy.

Madushka Dias is a Technical Architect at Long View Systems, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and an ex-Microsoft professional with over 16 years of experience. Designing solutions across the broader Microsoft 365 ecosystem, he specializes in ent... Show more

Bonhomme Damien

Bonhomme Damien

Damien, dirigeant de 3Conselis (Lyon), présente une expérience confirmée dans l’identification des opportunités d’amélioration ainsi que dans l’animation d’équipes projets en environnement Service et Industrie. Il est un spécialiste de l’approche processus. Il accompagne les entreprises dans leurs dynamiques d’Amélioration Continue pour des processus plus fluides, une satisfaction client accrue et une activité pérenne.

• Accompagnement en individuel ou collectif sur la gestion de projet, la facilitation d’équipe, la transformation de l’organisation, l’intrapreneuriat ou l’innovation selon les méthodes Lean, Agile ou Six Sigma (DMAIC)

• Pilotage de projet de résolution de problème sur la réduction de temps de cycle, la fiabilisation de la prise de décision à partir de données processus, la libération de capacité de production ou l’accompagnement au changement des équipes opérationnelles.

• Formation à l’Amélioration Continue (Lean, Méthodes Agiles, Six Sigma). Mise en place du parcours certifiants Lean Service Agile Niveau Green Belt pour apprendre les méthodes et outils de l’amélioration continue

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Damien, dirigeant de 3Conselis (Lyon), présente une expérience confirmée dans l’identification des opportunités d’amélioration ainsi que dans l’animation d’équipes projets en environnement Service et Industrie. Il est un spécialiste de l’approche pro... Show more

Nilüfer Doğan

Nilüfer Doğan

Nilüfer Doğan holds a position of AI Engineer, practically designing AI-powered solutions with Microsoft Power Platform tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, AI Builder, and Copilot Studio. Her work consists of automation with a map on business process automation and app development interactions along with Azure services for efficiency improvements and a better user experience.

At Siemens and BSH Home Appliances Group, she developed enterprise-grade applications, process automation, and technical documentation. She provided workshops and mentoring for citizen developers in her company. Also, she took part in internal knowledge-sharing initiatives, including best practice meetings and developer workshops.

Nilüfer has a B.S. degree in Economics earned from the Middle East Technical University, and she also holds several certifications in Microsoft technologies, including Azure AI and Power Platform. She blends her strong technical background with a hands-on, solution-oriented mentality and is trusted for the design and delivery of scalable, user-centered applications.

Nilüfer Doğan holds a position of AI Engineer, practically designing AI-powered solutions with Microsoft Power Platform tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, AI Builder, and Copilot Studio. Her work consists of automation with a map on business p... Show more

Tony Ambrose

Tony Ambrose

With over 25 years of experience in information technology and business, I bring strategic leadership and guidance to customer projects and initiatives. As a consultant and thought leader, I envision, architect, design, and simplify technical solutions for complex business needs, leveraging my expertise in Microsoft tools and technologies, process improvement and automation, and ERP system implementation and optimization.

My mission is to help organizations achieve their goals and transform their operations with innovative and effective solutions that align with their vision and values. I have a proven track record of delivering high-quality results, exceeding customer expectations, and fostering long-term relationships. I am passionate about learning, growing, and collaborating with others in the IT and business community.

With over 25 years of experience in information technology and business, I bring strategic leadership and guidance to customer projects and initiatives. As a consultant and thought leader, I envision, architect, design, and simplify technical solutio... Show more

Benjamin Krah

Benjamin Krah

Benjamin Krah is a Senior Architect at Provectus Technologies and an expert in hybrid infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services with a focus on Windows Server and Exchange Online.

He supports companies from various industries and in different sizes, such as healthcare, regulated, non-profit and manufacturing in developing a cloud adoption strategy and enabling the infrastructure for introducing cloud services.

With +20 years of experience in on premises infrastructures and Microsoft Cloud services, Ben has deep technical expertise in numerous products and technologies and loves sharing his knowledge by writing blogs, concepts and documentations as well as speaking at events.

He also has a strong expertise in Microsoft licensing and helps companies with optimizing their licensing strategy and usage.

Benjamin Krah is a Senior Architect at Provectus Technologies and an expert in hybrid infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services with a focus on Windows Server and Exchange Online. He supports companies from various industries and in different size... Show more

Thomas Van Dorpe

Thomas Van Dorpe

AI ERP Solution Architect at Cegeka specializing in Pharma & Medtech industry solutions with a focus on AI and Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management.

AI ERP Solution Architect at Cegeka specializing in Pharma & Medtech industry solutions with a focus on AI and Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management. Show more

Kalle Sirkesalo

Kalle Sirkesalo

Kalle works as Field CTO, making sure Eficode delivers the best possible offering for our service customers. Having worked in Eficode for over a decade his experience is wide and deep; he is familiar with maintenance, upgrades and migrations of services to cloud as well as the challenges related to adopting new ways of working.

Kalle works as Field CTO, making sure Eficode delivers the best possible offering for our service customers. Having worked in Eficode for over a decade his experience is wide and deep; he is familiar with maintenance, upgrades and migrations of servi... Show more

Leo Matayoshi

Leo Matayoshi

Sou um profissional com mais de 25 anos de carreira. Atualmente trabalho como Arquiteto de Soluções em Cloud. Tenho experiência em Arquitetura de Sistemas e Infraestrutura. Minha principal área de atuação é Infraestrutura de servidores e Computação na Nuvem. Grande parte da carreira atuando em empresas do setor financeiro. Nas horas livres gosto de desenvolver prótótipos com IoT, Robótica Educacional e Projetos Maker do tipo faça você mesmo.

Sou um profissional com mais de 25 anos de carreira. Atualmente trabalho como Arquiteto de Soluções em Cloud. Tenho experiência em Arquitetura de Sistemas e Infraestrutura. Minha principal área de atuação é Infraestrutura de servidores e Computação n... Show more

Carl Ross

Carl Ross

Member of Technical Staff @ OpenAI

Member of Technical Staff @ OpenAI Show more

Aaron Gross

Aaron Gross

Aaron Gross directs the Center for Food Systems Transformation (CFST) at the University of San Diego, where he is also Founding Faculty in Food Studies and a tenured Professor of Theology and Religious Studies. CFST supports research and practice aimed at equitable, climate-friendly food systems, with a focus on reducing food-related Scope 3 emissions in higher education and closing the gap between institutional values and campus food practices — work that runs through faculty, students, and dining operations alike. Gross is founder and board chair of Farm Forward, whose research and advocacy target factory farming, and co-founder of the Better Food Foundation, which develops and deploys behavioral strategies, including plant-based defaults, to shift institutional procurement and student food choice. He collaborated with Jonathan Safran Foer on Eating Animals and brings more than two decades of work in food ethics and animal agriculture to applied campus change.

Aaron Gross directs the Center for Food Systems Transformation (CFST) at the University of San Diego, where he is also Founding Faculty in Food Studies and a tenured Professor of Theology and Religious Studies. CFST supports research and practice aim... Show more

Matthew Jones

Matthew Jones

Matthew "Makerinator" Jones is a Senior Innovation Engineer, Flutter developer, and maker based in Virginia Beach. He believes the best software has something physical attached to it. His presentations focus on the intersection of embedded hardware and modern app development. When he's not building fintech solutions at his day job, he's designing PCBs in KiCad, deploying Flutter on Raspberry Pi, and running Makerinator on YouTube. Matthew is what happens when a software developer gets a CNC router and too many ideas.

Matthew "Makerinator" Jones is a Senior Innovation Engineer, Flutter developer, and maker based in Virginia Beach. He believes the best software has something physical attached to it. His presentations focus on the intersection of embedded hardware a... Show more

Arthur Oliveira

Arthur Oliveira

With 22+ years of experience in systems, infrastructure, automation, and security, Arthur is a Senior PTAM at Red Hat. A Linux enthusiast since the early 2000s, he currently supports partners who embed their solutions with Red Hat OpenShift, OpenShift Data Foundation, and Red Hat Device Edge. He is passionate about distributed systems, open source, containers, troubleshooting, and agile culture.

With 22+ years of experience in systems, infrastructure, automation, and security, Arthur is a Senior PTAM at Red Hat. A Linux enthusiast since the early 2000s, he currently supports partners who embed their solutions with Red Hat OpenShift, OpenShif... Show more

Jeff Perry

Jeff Perry

Jeff Perry is a leadership and career expert known for helping individuals, teams, and organizations unlock their potential in all facets of life. Given his background in engineering, business, and leadership, he specializes in working with engineering and technical professionals, but the principles he shares are universal.

He is the author of the bestselling books, "The Intentional Engineer: A Guide to a Purpose-Driven Life and Career for Engineers and Technical Professionals" and "The Intentional Career Guide to Professional Networking."

Jeff received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington.

A sought-after teacher and speaker, Jeff is happily married to Robin. Together they have four children, and live in beautiful Pullman, Washington.

You can reach Jeff on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffcperry or learn more at jeff-perry.com.

Jeff Perry is a leadership and career expert known for helping individuals, teams, and organizations unlock their potential in all facets of life. Given his background in engineering, business, and leadership, he specializes in working with engineeri... Show more

Vivek Agrawal

Vivek Agrawal

Vivek Agrawal is a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) expert and AI-driven digital engineering leader with more than 15 years of experience delivering enterprise transformation across high-tech, consumer packaged goods, medical devices, automotive, aerospace, and defense. His expertise includes Digital Thread and Digital Twin strategy, enterprise PLM architecture, engineering modernization, sustainable manufacturing, and AI-enabled product development.
Currently, Vivek serves as a PLM and AI-Driven Digital Engineering Leader at Deloitte Consulting, where he leads global PLM strategy and engineering transformation initiatives for Fortune 100 clients. He architects AI-augmented PLM ecosystems, integrates large language models for engineering search and metadata enrichment, modernizes R&D operations, and connects PLM with ERP, MES, QMS, cloud, and data platforms. He also advises senior executives on digital engineering strategy, data governance, migration, operating models, and value realization.
Throughout his career, Vivek has led multi-million-dollar programs focused on improving time-to-market, engineering productivity, regulatory compliance, product quality, and operational efficiency. His experience includes delivering a PLM transformation that generated more than $20 million in annual savings, leading enterprise quality and compliance programs, developing end-to-end BOM strategies, enabling cloud-based engineering environments, and building PLM–ERP integration frameworks.
His platform expertise spans 3DEXPERIENCE, Teamcenter, SAP PLM, and Oracle Agile, supported by experience with Azure, AWS, OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Python, Java, C#, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform.
Vivek holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Jadavpur University and a Diploma in Advanced Management from XLRI. He is also certified in Lean Six Sigma and SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager.

Vivek Agrawal is a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) expert and AI-driven digital engineering leader with more than 15 years of experience delivering enterprise transformation across high-tech, consumer packaged goods, medical devices, automotive, a... Show more

Sofia Lescano Carroll

Sofia Lescano Carroll

Passionate about mathematics and logic, I am a backend developer with a Computer Science Engineering degree and international speaker since 2020. Argentinian and Spanish, I lived in many countries and speak five languages. I strongly believe in diversity in tech and started giving conferences to act as a role model for women. Outside work, I love dancing, and travelling and have two wonderful cats.
I have been giving conferences since 2020 in French and English (but also speak Spanish and Portuguese).
I have been to major events like SymfonyCon, SymfonyLive, ForumPHP among others.
Check my personal blog for full references https://soflesc.github.io/

Passionate about mathematics and logic, I am a backend developer with a Computer Science Engineering degree and international speaker since 2020. Argentinian and Spanish, I lived in many countries and speak five languages. I strongly believe in diver... Show more

Matias Julian Christoffersen

Matias Julian Christoffersen

Matias Julian Christoffersen is a Microsoft Power Platform Architect who specializes in governance for the agentic era: how organizations run Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and multi-agent systems at scale without losing control of data, cost, or compliance.

As Direction of Automation & Technologies at twoday, he designs the environment strategies, security frameworks, and Centers of Excellence that let citizen developers build quickly while giving enterprises the audit trail and lifecycle control that agents now require. His background spans business strategy, IT governance, and program management, built over years advising Nordic enterprises, most recently as a senior consultant at Devoteam before moving to twoday to lead Power Platform and Copilot Studio governance advisory.

Matias speaks regularly on securing and governing AI agents. Recent sessions include building a trusted foundation for Copilot Studio agents at the Global Power Platform Bootcamp, and designing responsible, decision-making multi-agent solutions at the Fælles AI-Implementering conference. His talks cover environment strategy, Managed Environments, DLP, Entra Agent ID, and what it takes to run a Power Platform Center of Excellence as an organization scales from a handful of pilot agents to a production fleet.

Matias Julian Christoffersen is a Microsoft Power Platform Architect who specializes in governance for the agentic era: how organizations run Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and multi-agent systems at scale without losing control of data, cost... Show more

Harunobu Kurokawa

Harunobu Kurokawa

He has been involved in automotive Linux development since 2013 and actively contributes to Linux Foundation projects, including Automotive Grade Linux (AGL). At Renesas, a semiconductor company, he leads embedded Linux development and promotes OSS adoption. Since joining the AGL community in 2016, he has worked on BSP integration, system architecture design, and outreach activities in Japan to support the AGL ecosystem.

He has been involved in automotive Linux development since 2013 and actively contributes to Linux Foundation projects, including Automotive Grade Linux (AGL). At Renesas, a semiconductor company, he leads embedded Linux development and promotes OSS a... Show more

David Hawthorne

David Hawthorne

David Hawthorne is Director of Cloud Engineering at O3 Solutions, where he leads architecture and secure delivery of SaaS applications for an industry where reliability, security, and safety aren't optional: industrial construction.

With over 20 years spanning administration, development, architecture, and cloud security, David brings a full-stack perspective on building and securing production systems. That breadth shows up in his conference sessions, where he covers DevOps practices, application security, and AI at events including DevOpsDays, BSides, SlossTech, and AI in Production.

Outside of speaking, David is active in the Western North Carolina tech community as a mentor and advocate for technology professionals and students. When he's not at a keyboard or a conference, you'll find him catching baseball games with his family.

David Hawthorne is Director of Cloud Engineering at O3 Solutions, where he leads architecture and secure delivery of SaaS applications for an industry where reliability, security, and safety aren't optional: industrial construction. With over 20 y... Show more

Greg Beaumont

Greg Beaumont

Greg Beaumont is a data architect at Microsoft, where he enjoys identifying and solving complex problems backed by his experience in data architecture and a passion for innovation. Focusing on the healthcare industry, Greg works closely with customers to plan enterprise analytics strategies, evaluate new tools and products, conduct training sessions and hackathons, and architect solutions that improve the quality of care and reduce costs. He strives to be a trusted advisor to his customers and is always seeking new ways to drive progress and help organizations thrive. Based in Minnesota, he is a veteran of the Microsoft data speaker network and has worked with hundreds of customers on their data management and analytics strategies.

Greg Beaumont is a data architect at Microsoft, where he enjoys identifying and solving complex problems backed by his experience in data architecture and a passion for innovation. Focusing on the healthcare industry, Greg works closely with customer... Show more

Mike de Jager

Mike de Jager

South African born, UK resident, Mike is a Mechanical Design Engineer & spent 20 years as a Draughtsman in the Dairy industry, a Project Technician & ran the drawing office for NCD/Clover Dairies. At Toyota, he worked as a mechanical designer in body in white. He moved to the UK in 2001, spent 7 years creating & designing 3D technical models.
He continued his studies in IT & enhanced his developer & web design skills at Halesowen College.
At age 50, in 2008 Mike jumped tracks & began a new career as IT Manager & NAV implementation project leader for SSI Schaefer in Andover, England. With the NAV project successfully implemented, he moved to Evosoft as support office manager, then to Sci-Net in Oxford as a consultant & then to KPMG for a three year corporate engagement.
As the Dynamics 365 Solution Architect for Experience/GCC for almost 3 years - now Global Solutions Architect for Dynavics, Mike has implemented multiple D365 solutions for a range of customers in a variety of industries in the UK.

South African born, UK resident, Mike is a Mechanical Design Engineer & spent 20 years as a Draughtsman in the Dairy industry, a Project Technician & ran the drawing office for NCD/Clover Dairies. At Toyota, he worked as a mechanical designer in body... Show more

Nicolas Mengin

Nicolas Mengin

Head of Development at Traefik Labs, the company behind Traefik, the popular cloud-native Gateway Controller, and Traefik Hub, a comprehensive AI Gateway / API Gateway / API Management solution for Kubernetes.
Responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Gateway API in Traefik.

Head of Development at Traefik Labs, the company behind Traefik, the popular cloud-native Gateway Controller, and Traefik Hub, a comprehensive AI Gateway / API Gateway / API Management solution for Kubernetes. Responsible for overseeing the implemen... Show more

Ahmed Shawky

Ahmed Shawky

Ahmed Shawky is CEO & Founder of Frabo Business Consulting, a Microsoft Certified Partner delivering transformative technology solutions across the EMEA region and recently launched UK presence.
he specializes in implementing Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365 CE, Azure, and Microsoft Fabric solutions for mid-market enterprises in healthcare, manufacturing, real estate, and government sectors.
Holding an MSc in Data Science from University of East London (2025) and an MSc in Global Management from Paris ESLSCA Business School (2017), Ahmed represents the convergence of deep technical expertise and strategic business acumen. His dissertation research on coastal flooding risk prediction using machine learning algorithms, Dover UK Case Study, achieved 94% accuracy, demonstrating his capability to build production-grade predictive models that address critical real-world challenges.
With over 15 years of hands-on experience, Ahmed has led large-scale Dynamics 365 implementations across multiple countries.
Ahmed's international experience across multiple EMEA countries provides unique insights into adapting Microsoft technologies for diverse regulatory frameworks, cultural contexts, and market conditions. He is particularly recognized for his ability to translate complex data science concepts into practical business applications that deliver measurable ROI.
As founder of Frabo Business Consulting since 2020, Ahmed has secured strategic partnerships and expanded into new markets, positioning the company as a leader in intelligent automation and predictive analytics consulting. This is his inaugural speaking engagement in the UK Power Platform community.

Ahmed Shawky is CEO & Founder of Frabo Business Consulting, a Microsoft Certified Partner delivering transformative technology solutions across the EMEA region and recently launched UK presence. he specializes in implementing Microsoft Power Platfo... Show more

Raul Gerardo Huertas Paiva

Raul Gerardo Huertas Paiva

Ing. Electrónico. He trabajado desarrollando software en diversos entornos, desde microcontroladores, FPGAs, videojuegos y aplicaciones web

Ing. Electrónico. He trabajado desarrollando software en diversos entornos, desde microcontroladores, FPGAs, videojuegos y aplicaciones web Show more

Gaurav Saxena

Gaurav Saxena

Gaurav Saxena is an engineering leader in the field of platform and cloud engineering with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. His technical expertise includes Stream-based architectures, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Software Supply Chain Security, and Observability.

Gaurav Saxena is an engineering leader in the field of platform and cloud engineering with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. His technical expertise includes Stream-based architectures, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Software Supply Ch... Show more

Fabian Hennek

Fabian Hennek

Fabian is a Senior Consultant at Cluster Reply, helping organizations design and implement enterprise-scale cloud, AI and sovereign cloud strategies using Microsoft technologies.

Rather than focusing solely on technology, Fabian specializes in aligning business objectives, enterprise architecture and cloud strategy. He supports organizations in transforming complex requirements into secure, scalable and future-ready platforms that balance innovation with governance, compliance and operational excellence.

Working with enterprise customers across the private and public sector, he advises decision-makers on adopting Microsoft technologies such as Azure, Azure Local and AI while navigating regulatory requirements, security expectations and organizational complexity.

Alongside customer engagements, Fabian contributes to strategic knowledge initiatives, authors technical whitepapers on Sovereign AI and On-Premises AI, and collaborates with Microsoft on emerging cloud and AI topics.

His sessions are designed for architects, technology leaders and decision-makers who want to understand not only how Microsoft technologies work, but why they matter for modern enterprise organizations. Rather than deep technical implementation, Fabian focuses on architecture, strategy, governance and real-world adoption of cloud and AI technologies.

Fabian is a Senior Consultant at Cluster Reply, helping organizations design and implement enterprise-scale cloud, AI and sovereign cloud strategies using Microsoft technologies. Rather than focusing solely on technology, Fabian specializes in ali... Show more

Ashwin Krishnappa Kumar

Ashwin Krishnappa Kumar

Ashwin Krishnappa Kumar is a Senior Manager, IT Applications at Tesla, Inc., with 15+ years of progressive experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Enterprise Technology. He currently leads an engineering organization responsible for manufacturing intelligence platforms serving 15k+ users across 6 global factories and 247 cost centers, generating 10M+ platform visits. He is a builder and architect of enterprise-scale systems, from high-performance columnar data warehouses to RAG-based AI agents and mobile analytics platforms, each designed to eliminate operational inefficiencies and accelerate data-driven decision-making across manufacturing, service, finance, and energy domains.
At Tesla, he led the consolidation of 1k+ legacy Tableau reports into a governed single source of truth, and architected Arcadia, Tesla's ClickHouse-based columnar data warehouse, achieving 10:1 data compression and sub-second query response. He also spearheaded the AI Manufacturing Analytics Agent, a RAG-based conversational AI enabling factory users to query manufacturing data in natural language, and led development of Tesla One Analytics, a mobile platform with 15k+ active users, a 1-day return rate, and 1.4-minute average session engagement.
He holds a Master of Science in Information Technology and Management from The University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science from PES Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

Ashwin Krishnappa Kumar is a Senior Manager, IT Applications at Tesla, Inc., with 15+ years of progressive experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Enterprise Technology. He currently leads an engineering organization r... Show more

Maan Musleh

Maan Musleh

Maan Musleh is a Solution Architect and the Founder of Miracle Enterprise Solutions Inc. (a company of Gestisoft), a Microsoft Solutions Partner focused on Dynamics 365 Business Central. With a unique blend of technical depth and functional expertise, Maan has led numerous successful ERP implementations across industries, helping clients modernize their financial systems and scale their operations.

With nearly two decades of hands-on experience, he is known for delivering scalable, future-ready solutions that are both technically sound and tailored to real-world business challenges.

Maan Musleh is a Solution Architect and the Founder of Miracle Enterprise Solutions Inc. (a company of Gestisoft), a Microsoft Solutions Partner focused on Dynamics 365 Business Central. With a unique blend of technical depth and functional expertise... Show more

Shyam Laheri Chunduri

Shyam Laheri Chunduri

Shyam Laheri Chunduri is a technology and business leader with extensive experience spanning technical sales, engineering leadership, embedded software, and digital engineering solutions. He currently serves as Director of Technical Sales at ARI, where he is responsible for driving client satisfaction, business growth, engineering solution strategy, and profit and loss objectives. Throughout his career, he has built long-term relationships with Fortune 500 clients across the agriculture, construction, mining, and automotive industries while delivering engineering services that include embedded software, digital solutions, manufacturing engineering, robotics, automation, and testing.
With a strong background in both engineering and business leadership, Shyam has successfully led global delivery models, managed cross-functional teams, and developed strategic client partnerships that align technology initiatives with business objectives. His expertise includes technical sales, engineering services, strategic planning, client relationship management, program management, change management, and solution consulting. In his current role, he has transformed customer engagements into full-service global accounts and consistently delivered year-over-year revenue growth while identifying innovative technology solutions that support client success.
Before transitioning into technical sales leadership, Shyam held several engineering management roles at ARI and Caterpillar, where he led embedded software development, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, validation engineering, automation initiatives, and product development programs. He managed large engineering organizations, directed global development teams, established engineering standards, implemented automation strategies, and drove technology roadmaps for complex embedded systems. His experience also includes overseeing multi-million-dollar engineering programs, mentoring technical teams, managing product development lifecycles, and collaborating with manufacturing, operations, sales, and product engineering organizations to deliver high-quality solutions.
Shyam began his career in engineering roles focused on embedded systems, autonomous vehicle technologies, control systems, RF systems, and software development before progressing into leadership positions. He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Controls from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Telecommunications from AMIETE, India. He also completed the Caterpillar Leadership Development Program at Peking University, further strengthening his executive leadership capabilities.

Shyam Laheri Chunduri is a technology and business leader with extensive experience spanning technical sales, engineering leadership, embedded software, and digital engineering solutions. He currently serves as Director of Technical Sales at ARI, whe... Show more

Vivek Sander

Vivek Sander

Vivek Sander is a results-driven engineering and supply chain leader with over 8 years of experience in warehouse solutions, automation, and continuous improvement. Currently serving as Director of Engineering at Sunland Logistics Solutions, he has played a key role in scaling the organization from $30M to $100M by designing innovative warehouse solutions, leading high-value RFPs, and driving operational excellence.
Vivek specializes in warehouse design, WMS implementation, process optimization, and automation technologies such as AMRs, AGVs, AS/RS, and computer vision systems. He has successfully contributed to over $500M in business bids, developed tailored logistics solutions for diverse industries, and led cross-functional teams to deliver measurable results, including annual cost savings of $2M through continuous improvement initiatives.
With a strong foundation in industrial engineering and lean methodologies, Vivek has extensive experience in supply chain optimization, demand planning, and supplier performance improvement, including work with Caterpillar through L&T Technology Services. He is skilled in data-driven decision-making, KPI development, and leveraging tools such as SAP, NetSuite, Power BI, and advanced analytics platforms to enhance operational performance.
Vivek holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and is certified in Six Sigma Green Belt, PMP, and APICS/CPIM. Known for his analytical mindset, leadership, and collaborative approach, he consistently delivers scalable, efficient, and high-impact solutions that drive business growth and customer success.

Vivek Sander is a results-driven engineering and supply chain leader with over 8 years of experience in warehouse solutions, automation, and continuous improvement. Currently serving as Director of Engineering at Sunland Logistics Solutions, he has p... Show more

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